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1 day ago · A Sadducee, illustrated in the 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle. The Second Temple period is the period between the construction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 516 BCE and its destruction by the Romans during the Siege of Jerusalem. Throughout the Second Temple period, Jerusalem saw several shifts in rule.
1 day ago · September 17, 1969 (Wednesday) [ edit] At least 80 people were killed in the capsizing of a passenger ferry that was attempting to cross South Korea 's Nakdong River from Namji-eup to Daechi-ri within Changnyeong County in South Gyeongsang Province. [46] Another 20 people on the ferry were able to swim to shore.
1 day ago · e. Thelema ( / θəˈliːmə /) is a Western esoteric and occult social or spiritual philosophy, [1] as well as a new religious movement that was founded in the early 1900s by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), an English writer, mystic, occultist, and ceremonial magician. [2] Central to Thelema is the idea of discovering and following one's True ...
1 day ago · 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1994th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 994th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1990s decade.
1 day ago · essayist. journalist. Signature. Walter Whitman Jr. ( / ˈhwɪtmən /; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. [1]
2 hours ago · t. e. Harry S. Truman 's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953. He had been vice president for only 82 days when he succeeded to the presidency. Truman, a Democrat from Missouri, ran for and won a full four-year term in the 1948 ...
1 day ago · History of CNN. The Cable News Network ( CNN ), is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by the CNN Worldwide division of Warner Bros. Discovery. Upon its launch, CNN became the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and was the first all-news television network in the United States.
